Commander

Celes, Rune Knight

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

623 Wins

1030 Losses

Overview

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,663 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (623–1030) at an Elo of 1,669, ranking #141 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 179 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?

Celes, Rune Knight has a 37% win rate across 1663 recorded Playgroup games (623 wins, 1030 losses).

How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?

Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 29 days.

How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?

586 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 385 have played at least one recorded game.

Celes, Rune Knight Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

141

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1669

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 179

Average commander damage per game 400172

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.72

Average turn length 3 minutes

No. decks for this commander 586

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 385

No. games played with this commander 1663

Total hours played 29 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1833	Kazaandu	68	43	63 %
2	1656	Flavio Carvalho	9	7	78 %
3	1588	AXK	3	3	100 %
4	1569	Dallama Dallan	2	2	100 %
5	1566	BetterAshThanDust	6	4	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 41.47% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.47%

Non Combat Damage

26.74%

Combo

26.11%

Alternative

2.74%

Mill

1.68%

Commander Damage

1.26%

Avg win turn 7.9 based on 639 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Celes, Rune Knight

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Celes, Rune Knight decks that leave them out.

+12.6 pp

Top card: Obstinate Gargoyle

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Obstinate Gargoyle 100 games	+12.6 pp	100
2	Putrid Goblin 100 games	+9.8 pp	100
3	Murderous Redcap 132 games	+8.9 pp	132
4	Faithless Looting 70 games	+7.3 pp	70
5	Persist 64 games	+4.8 pp	64
6	Orzhov Signet 42 games	+4.5 pp	42
7	Bastion of Remembrance Signature build 35 games · Signature build	+4.4 pp	35
8	Spectator Seating 33 games	+3.7 pp	33
9	Victimize 114 games	+2.6 pp	114
10	Goblin Bombardment 145 games	+2.5 pp	145

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Ashnod's Altar 40 games	+2.4 pp	40
12	Blasting Station 48 games	+2.0 pp	48
13	Lesser Masticore 114 games	+1.2 pp	114
14	Puppeteer Clique 70 games	+1.1 pp	70
15	Swords to Plowshares 206 games	+0.9 pp	206

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 100.0% of games from position 6 and 28.35% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.58% n=468

Seat 2

37.58% n=487

Seat 3

33.03% n=436

Seat 4

28.35% n=261

Seat 5

33.33% n=30

Seat 6

100.0% n=1

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 35.51% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

35.51% n=459

1 mulligan

37.05% n=336

2 mulligans

32.56% n=129

3 mulligans

22.5% n=40

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.98/5 on average, across 1107 self-reports.

3.98 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 27.9% of the time across 642 tracked wins.

27.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Celes, Rune Knight. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.